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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 30.
Published in final edited form as: Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2015 Feb;21(2):307–314. doi: 10.1097/MIB.0000000000000284

TABLE 1.

Baseline Characteristics for 134 Subjects Currently on Infliximab (n = 134) and 18 Subjects Previously on Infliximab (n = 18) Who Had Discontinued the Drug Secondary to Loss of Response, Infusion Reaction, or Lack of Initial Response

Characteristic Current Infliximab
P
Yes (n = 134)
No (n = 18)
Statistic Statistic
Age, yr 17.3 ± 4.3 17.5 ± 2.9 0.85
Male sex    85 (63%) 11 (61%) 0.85
Diagnosis 0.45
 UC    20 (15%) 3 (17%)
 CD  114 (85%) 15 (83%)
Disease severity
 CD (PCDAI)      5 (0–10) 10 (0–25) 0.03
 UC (PUCAI)   7.5 (0–15) 10 (10–30) 0.25
Disease remission
 CD (PCDAI 0–10)    95 (83%) 10 (67%) 0.15
 UC (PUCAI 0–9)    10 (50%) 0 (0%) 0.23
Paris classification at diagnosis
 CD
  Age 0.05
   0–10, yr    31 (27%) 9 (60%)
   10–17, yr    79 (69%) 6 (40%)
   17–40, yr      4 (4%) 0 (0%)
  Location
   L1    15 (13%) 0 (0%) 0.21
   L2    11 (10%) 2 (13%) 0.65
   L3    85 (75%) 13 (87%) 0.52
   L4      3 (3%) 0 (0%) 1.00
   L4a    70 (61%) 12 (80%) 0.16
   L4b      8 (7%) 0 (0%) 0.60
  Behavior
   B1  104 (91%) 14 (93%) 1.00
   B2      9 (8%) 1 (7%) 1.00
   B3      3 (3%) 0 (0%) 1.00
   B4    42 (37%) 4 (27%) 0.44
  Growth 0.50
   G0    92 (81%) 11 (73%)
   G1    22 (19%) 4 (27%)
 UC
  Location 0.44
   E1      1 (7%) 0 (0%)
   E2      1 (7%) 1 (33%)
   E3      0 (0%) 0 (0%)
   E4    13 (86%) 2 (67%)
  Severity 0.17
   S0    12 (80%) 1 (33%)
   S1      3 (20%) 2 (67%)
Months on infliximab    24 (13–51) 15 (6–46)a 0.12
Combination therapya    50 (37%) 0 (0%)
Immunomodulators since diagnosis  119 (92%) 18 (100%) 0.36
CRP obtained  132 (99%) 17 (94%) 0.32
 CRP 0.10 (0.10–0.27) 0.12 (0.10–1.26) 0.09
 CRP >0.5    16 (12%) 6 (35%) 0.02
ATI ≥5    27 (20%) 4 (22%) 0.76
ATI ≥10    18 (13%) 2 (11%) 1.00
ATI ≥12    14 (10%) 2 (11%) 1.00
ATI ≥15    13 (10%) 1 (6%) 1.00
a

Median and percentage of subjects or median and IQR are shown.

Infliximab with methotrexate or 6-mercaptopurine at the time of serum sampling.